CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1158

Chapter 330, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



JUROR DECLARATIONS--ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House April 18, 2009
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 3, 2009
  Yeas 44   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1158 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 5, 2009, 2:02 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 8, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1158
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Pedersen, Warnick, and Klippert; by request of Board For Judicial Administration

Read first time 01/14/09.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to electronic signatures for juror declarations; and amending RCW 2.36.072.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 2.36.072 and 1993 c 408 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Each court shall establish a means to preliminarily determine by a written or electronic declaration signed under penalty of perjury by the person summoned, the qualifications set forth in RCW 2.36.070 of each person summoned for jury duty prior to their appearance at the court to which they are summoned to serve.
     (2) An electronic signature may be used in lieu of a written signature.
     (3) "Electronic signature" means an electric sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
     (4)
Upon receipt by the summoning court of a written declaration stating that a declarant does not meet the qualifications set forth in RCW 2.36.070, that declarant shall be excused from appearing in response to the summons. If a person summoned to appear for jury duty fails to sign and return a declaration of his or her qualifications to serve as a juror prior to appearing in response to a summons and is later determined to be unqualified for one of the reasons set forth in RCW 2.36.070, that person shall not be entitled to any compensation as provided in RCW 2.36.150. Information provided to the court for preliminary determination of statutory qualification for jury duty may only be used for the term such person is summoned and may not be used for any other purpose, except that the court, or designee, may report a change of address or nondelivery of summons of persons summoned for jury duty to the county auditor.


         Passed by the House April 18, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 3, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor May 5, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 8, 2009.